He was a problem child for much of the 2012 season. He sucker-punched teammate Louis Delmas last spring and was sent home from the practice facility.

Young lined up in the wrong spots in the Lions game on Nov. 18. He was sent home after that debacle, then allowed back to practice and eventually sent home again.

Young, who was a second-round draft pick in 2011 out of Boise State, officially finished the 2012 season on injured reserve with a a bad knee.

There is no doubt that Young has NFL-level talent. He just doesn't have the right mindset to be a quality NFL wide receiver.

Two weeks prior to his release he sent out tweets apparently looking for sympathy. It backfired.

The first tweet said: "Like I said I never been selfish but if I'm not going to get the football I don't want to play anymore.''

Doesn't exactly sound like a mature NFL player. Coach Jim Schwartz told reporters at the Senior Bowl on the day following the tweets that they weren't such a good idea.

Young also tweeted on that same day: "Never have I ran the wrong route, just put myself where the ball was going.''

Lions general manager Martin Mayhew said he couldn't trade Young because he had no trade value.

"I didn't talk to anybody, I didn't call 32 GMs and try to get a seventh if (draft pick) or anything like that,'' Mayhew said on Feb. 7. "It's my job to know what his value is and he didn't have any trade value.''

Young was claimed off waivers in early February by the St. Louis Rams, but cut a few days later after he spent time with the team. Rams coach Jeff Fisher suggested that he would be a better fit for another NFL team.